hi, i've recently recieved a letter from student finance that i am eligible for DSA, and well, basically, i need some explaining....
i need someone to explain to me what's going on, why dyelxia counts into DSA? what help will they give? can i get money for equipment from DSA that is not related to my dyslexia?
i applied because my school strongly suggested that i would do so, but because my proof of dyslexia was out of date (well, not a post 16 dignosis) so i sent off the report that the school did with me for my extra time( i'm kinda worried if that counts as a medical evidence because i've never been to a psychologist?), and i recieved i yes
i'm now told to do a study needs assessment and i don't know what to expect, i mean, it's not like i don't have an arm or stuff, so what can they help me with? I've applied for architecture for uni and it's a course that requires quite alot of money, like drawing boards, pens, rendering computers which all costs a fourtune, but it's not like because of my dyslexia that i need these things, i need them from the begining, so i don't know exactly what can they help me with...... (and how's the DSA £ 5000, is that for anything that i need for uni?)
i've heard that they can provide special software for writing, but i don't have too much problem with me writing.....
to add i bit more info, the report had like stats like my reading accuracy, reading speeds, writing speeds and writing accuracy, and i seem like i am havily below average on reading accuracy and quite low on reading speed, while being on average on the writing side, and that is very true of it, i suck at exams, not because i don't understand, but most of the time, if i want to read, i skip most of the words in a sentence and read the words that i find easy to read, and to date, even though i can do uni grade quantum mechanics (had a race with my teacher and won) but i still can't get past an a B in physics becuase keywords like "fully" or "completely" don't register, and i often miss the whole point, even if i slowly read the words
Thankyou for reading such a long post